It has been added to from time to time since then and is now about 271/2 acres. It is in New York Harbor. of course. and is about 2.300 feet from Liberty Island. 1.300 feet from the New Jersey shore. and a mile from the tip of lower Manhattan. Its great fame comes from its having been used as a receiving station for millions of the immigrants who came to our shores between 1892 and 1954. Since 1954 it has been vacant. Many suggestions were made for its future use. but none of these had as favorable a reception as that for its preservation as part of the national park system. The plan calls for rehabilitation of the main immigration building on Ellis Island and for its use as a public museum. Two or three other smaller buildings will be retained for administrative use. The remainder of the structures will be removed and the grounds will be turned into a public park.
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